The Muff Working Party (Muff Community Development Co-op) published a brochure recently giving an account of events and organisations in the area. Muff has changed greatly of late. Many people from other areas are now living in the village, which is now much bigger than it was. A new community has to be built up and new facilities are required. The Co-op got the lease of St. Mary’s Hall a few years ago. Repairs were done to the hall. A resource centre and an extension were built. A fine new room was created beneath the stage. A field was donated generously to the Co-op and work started on a play park. If you want to be a landlord, you can buy a ‘metre of Muff’ to help with this project! There are events in the hall almost every day of the week- clubs for every age group, a play group, bingo, dance classes, computer classes, and Irish classes. Gl ó r Mhaighe, the Irish language group, intends to run a number of workshops for school pupils and parents in the New Year. Muff Festival takes place every summer and the committee is very busy throughout the year, trying to develop the event. Like every other organisation, the Co-op needs people to help with the ongoing work. It is very difficult to coax people out nowadays, since there is every facility at home – phone, television, computer etc. You don’t even need to go out to shop – the van will come to you with the order. In the old days people used to stop in the street to chat; now they sound the horn driving past. So it is more difficult to preserve a community. Muff is giving a fine example to the rest of the country. You can get more information about events in the village on the Internet site which will be launched in the hall tonight: www.muffcommunityforum. Comhghairdeas

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